#author

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society. ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

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No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read. ↗

— Charles Churchill

#damn #envy #led #never #read

Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies. ↗

— Jim Clyburn

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Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#comes #destroy #down #everything #head

There is no better illustration of that crisis than the fact that the president is openly violating our nation's laws by authorizing the NSA to engage in warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens. ↗

— John Conyers

#better #citizens #crisis #engage #fact

I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love, just those who've had luck with it and those who haven't. ↗

— Bill Cosby

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I try to read everything that's sent me - play scripts, movie scripts - but I've had to make a rule. If the author hasn't grabbed me by Page 25, the piece goes back with a note of apology. ↗

— Hume Cronyn

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The key factor is whether the agent is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives, which screens its members and requires them to uphold a Canon of Ethics. ↗

— Richard Curtis

#association #authors #canon #ethics #factor

In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels. ↗

— Georges Jacques Danton

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